Magento Product Import Script
Project On Hold
Due to lack of resources (financial, time, and help), I have to officially put this project on hold. This is just too much of an undertaking for me alone. If you are qualified to help (mad PHP skills), please let me know. If I can find enough help, I’d love to try and get this project rolling - but at this point, I just can’t do it on my own. Sorry to disappoint…
This project is a result of creating numerous import scripts for myself, and for others. Magento’s product import works, but at this point, it is very slow, and not very flexible. I am hoping to create a product import script that is easy to use, works on any installation of Magento, and allows you a lot of flexibility. On top of all that - it will be fast, very fast. 56k products in less than 30 seconds. If you want to read a little more history into this script, please read this article.
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Import Script - 2.0
Current Features
- Imports products - FAST!
- View the data of your CSV displayed in a table
- Automatic attribute_id lookup
- Includes Mage.php class to create url_key
- Ability to set default values
Coming In Version 2.0
- Graphical Interface
- No Script Editing Necessary
- CSV Folder - Easy CSV Selecting
- Error Handling
- Error Logging
- Query Logging
- Easy CSV Data Preview (table)
- Fancier CSV Table option
- No Specific Column Order Needed
Roadmap/Wishlist
- Updates product if it already exists
- Accepts any column order
- Accepts custom attribute values
- Comprehensive Error Handling
- Importing images
- Importing products into categories
- Importing tier pricing
- Graphical interface
- Import Stats
- Created as a Magento module
- Upload CSV’s Through Web Interface
I’ll keep you updated. If you have any interest in this project, please let me know - post a comment on this thread. Also, if there are any features or ideas you would like to suggest, please let me know too!
If you would be interested at all in putting your PHP skills to use and joining me on this project, please let me know!